Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)
Country Update
By
Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass
APAN Malaysia
APAN Malaysia
- APAN-My was formed in 1997 to promote advanced
research in network technologies using High Bandwidth
networks. One of the main purposes of APAN-My is to link
the main research network within Malaysia.
- APAN Malaysia is an active member of APAN. APAN-MY
heads the Multimedia Working Group and the IPV6 WG
and also involve in numerous other APAN activities.
APAN Network Topology
Network topology for AI3
Existing connectivity
Future connectivity
Connections from PH and VN to SEA-backbone
Link to Internet2
Testbed Environment for Malaysian Multimedia
Applications and Networking (TEMAN) + Others
- TEMAN was formed in 1997 by a collaborative effort
between the Government, Universities and Telecommunication
Companies.
-It has setup a high speed 155 Mbit network testbed for
research and development. This has expanded to include more
universities. Satellite Bandwidth Obtained for research as well.
-Now have support from the world’s first Dark Fiber 2.5 Gig
Backbone network to also support connectivity.
-Manis IPv6 research backbone already running
MSC Area
Support
Malaysian Scenario
AS 7544
Nasionet
AS 3561
Cable & Wireless, USA
BGP
TMNET
AS 4788
AS 5727
AT&T WorldNet
AS 9290
PutraNet
Malaysian IX-1
AS 17650
Global One
AS 10152
Easycall
AS 4774
A-BONE
AS 10204
ARCNET
AS 7544
Nasionet
TMNET
AS 4788
AS 3561
Cable & Wireless, USA
AS 10211
IVANET
AS 9290
PutraNet
TMTAPS
AS 9986
AS 9833
HICOM
AS 5727
AT&T WorldNet
AS 2042
MIMOS
Malaysian IX-2
AS 9534
MAXIS-1
AS 17815
NRG USM
AS 10081
DiGi
AS 6453
Teleglobe
AS 4717
AI3
AS 17784
MAXIS-2
AS 10111
DATAONE
AS 10211
IVANet
MIMOS
AS 2042
AS 7473
SingTel
AS 701
UUNet
Technologies
AS 9833
HICOM
AS 17992
AIMS
AS 9986
TM TAPS
AS 4818
DiGi-IX
AS 9930
TTNET
AS17736
SOLSIS IDC
Malaysian
IX-3
AS 6453
Teleglobe
AS 17666
FreeNet
AS 4774
ABONE
EAST
GATE
AS 17971
AS 10204
ARCNet
AS 17464
TM MyLoca
AS 18001
Columbo
DIALOG
AS 4788
TMNet
AS 7544
Nasionet
AS 9833 AS 9290
HICOM PutraNet
AS 10152
Easycall
AS 17666
FreeNet
Malaysian Connectivity
AS 10211
IVANET
AS 18001
Dialog,
Columbo
AS 17971
EASTGATE
AS 2042
MIMOS
AS 7374
Valueserve
CA
AS 17650
Global One
AS 10081
DIGI
AS 9986
TMTAPS
AS 10204
ARCNET
AS 5727
AT&T
WorldNet
AS 17784
MAXIS-2
AS 17464
TM IDC
AS 9534
MAXIS
AS 9930
TT-NET
AS 2687
IBM,
NH
AS 4818
DIGI-IX
AS 4000
Sprint VA
AS 4778
iASiaworks
TW
AS 4774
A-BONE
JP
AS 4788
TMNET
AS 3561
Cable &
Wireless, USA
AS 2500
JPNIC
AS 10111
DataOne
AS 10030
CELCOM
AS 4697
NTTV6Net
AS 4717
AI3, JP
AS 7473
SingTel
AS 4766
KIX, Seoul
AS 4637
Reach,
HongKong
AS 9581
Cable &
Wireless
Korea
AS 701
UUNet
Tech
AS 2571
DHL
USA
AS 1743
AS 7046
MCI WorldCom UUNet,
VA
AS 2914
Verio,
CO
AS 6453
Teleglobe
USM Connectivity to APAN and TEMAN
TEMAN
16M bits
Ce lcom
M icrow ave
link
JCSAT/3
IPv4 /
IPv6
Uplink - 512KBits
Dow nlink - 1.5M Bits
APAN
USM
Chancellory
Sate llite
cabin, USM
Fibre
Wirele s s
APAN
11M bits
ATM Lab
196
Kbits
Ipv6
NTTM SC
NRG Lab
ISDN
Link
128Kbits
IPv4 /
IPv6
IPv4
CS Ne tw ork
NRG-Exchange
Working Groups
- APAN Malaysia Working Groups
Multimedia
Digital Library
IPv6
Satellite
Bio-Informatics
Earth Monitoring
Multicast
Agriculture
Earth Monitoring And Disaster Warning WG
Objectives
• Disseminate fire detection products
• Smoke, Haze and Ash warning
• Torrential Rain and information and warning
• Regional hub for other observations missions
Initial Project
Remote Monitoring System (RMS)
Multimedia
WG
•New Charter/Update
Charter
–Success of old charter:
•Spinning-off newer WGs and Technology (Digital Video etc.)
–Some took off, and some did not.
•Creating a video conferencing network between Temasek Poly,
USM, Keio Univ and AIT. AI3 NOC has setup server and being
used. Distance edu classes will be conducted using this system.
APAN NOC has setup the MCS server which was used in this
conference.
•New Projects
–Virtual Gaming/Conferencing/ in an immersive cave type
environment.
•Current commitments from NRG USM, Temasek Poly for
Phase 1 and possibly ANU and AIT for Phase 2. Markus is also
providing some input about GRID in this area.
Activities
Current Target Projects :
.
Distributed Multimedia Conferencing
System –Currently Implemented over all TEMAN and
selected APAN sites
Mini Cave/Tele-Immersion – Future project among TEMAN
and APAN/AI3 members
Digital Library WG
Objectives
 to develop the infrastructure (common standards
and protocols) that will advance the use and utility of
digital resources by the higher education community
in the region
to develop a broad resource base of digital scholarly
information resources and services
to strengthen communication and collaboration
among education, government and research institutes
in the region
to contribute to lifelong learning opportunities
available to the populace of the northern region
Activities
 participants will prepare their OPAC (On-line Public Access
Catalogue) for inclusion on the website. The OPAC should be
in a universally accepted format e.g.MARC (Machine readable
Cataloguing) or standards such as Z39.50
to encourage members to develop search tools (directories,
inventories, indexes)
establish links with CLH (Connected Learning House) set up
by the National Library
to develop links with APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced
Network)
Digital Library Network Diagram
Disted-Stamford
College
USM Library
KDU Penang
Penang Public
Library
Informatics
Penang
Penang Skill
Development
Centre (PSDC)
Inti International
Systematics
Central Repository Server
Network Research
Group USM
British Council
TEMAN
NRG-Exchange
Internet
1.5MBits
Legend
Leased Line
APAN
16Mbits
Agriculture WG
Objectives
 Facilitate the sharing and exchange
of data between organisations
 Facilitate public access to agriculture
 Provide efficient and timely electronic distribution of
information between offices
provide a national information network to be shared by
agriculture organisations
Objectives
 provide organisations participating in the AGROLINK
facilities to access international databases.
 complement the services provided by MAMPU
through the Civil Service Link (CSL) on matters relating
to the agriculture
Satellite WG
Objectives
 To provide a stable link between USM and APAN backbone
 To provide the link to other working group for their research
Projects
 Reliable Multicast FTP for satellite link
 Setting up MCS Ver 4 (Multipoint Multimedia Conferencing)
 Satellite based high speed multimedia access
 Satellite Distance Education Program
JCSA T/3
Uplink - 512Kbits
Dow nlink - 1.5Mbits
USM, Penang
Keio Univers ity,
Japan
MCS Conf erence
Partic ipant
MCS Conf erence
Partic ipant
IPv6 WG
Objectives
 Participate and contribute for protocol standard
development
Soon to be a RFC and Int. Draft
 To investigate and assist the government and
organizations plan for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
 To experiment and develop Internet applications using
new IPv6 specifications.
 Promote IPv6 activities at National Level among
Universities
Activities & Projects
 Conference and IETF participation
 Testing IPv6 NOC in Malaysia
 Providing an IPv6 testbed with APAN connectivity for research
activities.
 Porting existing MCS application to IPv6
 Quality Of Service experiments on IPv6
 Network monitoring and management for IPv6.
Seminars & Workshop
Continue
IPv6 over Satellite (AI3 Project) connection has been established
Presentation at Global IPv6 Summit, Osaka, Japan (18-19, Dec. 2000)
Participation at APRICOT2001, K.L (February,2001)
Anycast Analysis
IPv6/IPv4 Application Porting Issues
Tutorial (Gopi/NTT)
APAN-MY/ IPv6 Tutorials (21 August 2001)
Presentation at Apan-Penang Meeting (August, 2001)
Achievements
Successfully setup IPv6 network and applications are being tested
10 papers has been presented internationally, 1 RFC and
1 internet draft.
Continue
FOCUS AREAS V6 WITH SUCCESS:
 IP and V6 BASED High quality Multipoint
Conferencing – in process.
 REAL TIME monitoring of V4 and V6 –
Implementation of first stage done
 Dynamic Host Name Resolution Protocol for
V6
 Multicast over Satellite for V6
Thank You
Sureswaran Ramadass
APAN Malaysia
http://my.apan.net
Needs: Veni
-Input from Grid
-Leaders for all areas
-Need input from Edu Wg
-Involvement from telcos
-Urgent: Reply from ministry on MY-Kr link
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